Shear Strength of Degraded Reconsitituted Municipal Solid Waste

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-148

  Harris, Jeffrey M ^a   Shafer, Andrew L ^a   DeGroff, William ^b   Hater, Gary R ^c   Gabr, Mohammed ^d   Barlaz, Morton A ^d  

^a WASTE MANAGEMENT INC   (United States)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^c WASTE MANAGEMENT INC   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

decomposition; direct shear; direct simple shear; drained; saturation; shear strength; solid waste; triaxial

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; DEFORMATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; DECOMPOSITION; FRICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DIRECT SHEAR; DIRECT SIMPLE SHEARS; DRAINED; SATURATION; SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS; SHEARS STRENGTH; SIMPLE SHEAR TEST; STRESS LEVELS; TRIAXIAL; DIRECT SHEAR (DS); DIRECT SIMPLE SHEAR (DSS); FRICTION ANGLE; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

SHEAR STRENGTH; SOLID WASTES;

EID: 33845265903     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ14089     Document Type: Article

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